A cikin rubutun kalmomi , wani mahimmanci shine ƙananan ma'auni wanda shine daidaitattun ma'auni ma'aunin rubutu, jagorancin-wanda shine nisa tsakanin layin rubutun-da sauran abubuwa na shafin da aka buga. Akwai kimanin maki 72 cikin 1 inch. Saboda haka, maki 36 suna daidai da rabin inci, maki 18 shine daidai da kashi huɗu cikin dari. Akwai maki 12 a cikin pica , wani lokacin ƙididdiga a cikin wallafa.
Girman Matsa
Girman ma'anar ya bambanta a tsawon shekaru, amma masu wallafawa na yau da kullum, masu bugawa da kuma kamfanonin bugawa suna amfani da maƙallin wallafe-wallafe (DTP), wanda shine 1/72 na inch. Tasirin DTP ya karɓa daga masu cigaba da Adobe PostScript da Apple Computer a farkon '70s. A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, W3C ya karbe shi don amfani tare da jigilar harshe.
Wasu shirye-shiryen software sun ba masu izinin aiki damar zaɓar tsakanin matsayi na DTP da kuma ma'auni wanda 1 aya yake daidai da 0.013836 inch da maki 72 daidai 0.996192 inci. Siffar DTP da aka zana shi ne mafi kyawun zaɓi don zaɓar domin aikin wallafe-wallafe.
Kuna iya ɗauka cewa nau'i mai nau'in 72 zai zama tsayi mai tsayi, amma ba haka bane. Girman nau'in ya haɗa da masu hawan dutse da masu saukar da nau'in nau'in. Gaskiyar ainihin maki 72 ko 1 inch na wani fili wanda ba a ganuwa ba wanda yake da kadan kadan fiye da nisan daga nisa mafi girma zuwa mafi ƙasƙanci a cikin font. Wannan yana sa shinge a cikin wani nau'i mai mahimmanci, wanda ya bayyana dalilin da yasa duk nau'ikan nau'in girman ba yayi kama da girman girman kan shafi ba. Idan an tsara masu hawa da masu saukarwa a wurare daban-daban, ƙananan ɗakunan sun bambanta, musamman a wasu lokuta.
Asali, girman girman da aka kwatanta da tsawo na jikin jiki wanda aka jefa nau'in nau'in. Tare da ƙididdigar dijital, haɗin gwargwadon gadon sarauta marar ganuwa shine zaɓi ta mai zanen maɓallin, maimakon ƙaddamar da na'urar atomatik daga ƙarami zuwa mafi tsawo. Wannan zai iya haifar da mafi yawan bambanci tsakanin nau'o'in fontsu ɗaya na girman ma'auni. Duk da haka, har yanzu, yawancin masu zane-zane na zane suna bin bayanan tsohuwar bayani yayin da suke yin rubutun su.